Chef Bolek

While much of the world (including myself) focuses its attention on the Middle East, there are atrocities that continue to unfold around the...

This is not the post that I planned. I have a relatively long line of finished posts ready to be published. I also planned out the timeline ...

This post has been a long time coming. The spark of inspiration goes back years, perhaps more than a decade. I was sitting at home watching ...

It is that time of year again. The leaves start turning various colors. The cool breeze kicks up now and again. And there are oysters aplent...

One thing has become increasingly clear as I cook my way around the world: namely, that I have become a huge fan of fish sauce and recipes t...

Recently, I have joked with friends and colleagues that my personal cooking blog, Chef Bolek, has become the means through which I have appl...

If you find yourself in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in the southern hemisphere, you may find yourself very far away and very close at t...

Blue Catfish. They are the prototypical invasive species with an all too common origin story. The fish  were introduced into local waterways...

It has been referred to as "meat on a stick, the Madeira way." The word in question, Espetada , actually refers to the cooking met...

This post, and its recipe, have their purposes. I have devoted my personal culinary blog to exploring the cuisines and cultures from around ...